Anti-Sovietism

Russian èmigré anti-Bolshevik poster, c. 1932
"Down with Bolshevism!" - Nazi propaganda poster in Russian for occupied Soviet territories.
Polish anti-Soviet propaganda poster during the Polish–Soviet War, depicting Leon Trotsky.[a]

Anti-Sovietism or anti-Soviet sentiment are activities that were actually or allegedly aimed against the Soviet Union or government power within the Soviet Union.[1]

Three common uses of the term include the following:

  • Anti-Sovietism in international politics, such as the Western opposition to the Soviet Union during the Cold War as part of broader anti-communism.
  • Anti-Soviet opponents of the Bolsheviks shortly after the Russian Revolution and during the Russian Civil War.
  • Soviet citizens (allegedly or actually) involved in anti-government activities.


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  1. ^ Conquest, Robert (2007). The Great Terror. USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 28–29.

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